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Adelaide, Jan 10 One year after lifting his first ATP Tour trophy in Adelaide, Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis made a winning start in another campaign at the Adelaide International 2 ATP Tour event here on Monday.The Australian made more memories on his home court Monday evening when he battled past countryman Alexei Popyrin 6-0, 6-7(5), 7-5 in the first round after two hours and 45 minutes.In other matches on the first day, Mackenzie McDonald of the United /states player as he got the better of Briton Daniel Evans; Fellow Briton, Jack Draper advanced to the next round by beating Lorenzo Sonego of Italy 6-4,6-2 while Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated Brendon Nakashima of the United States 6-3, 7-5.After falling behind by a break in the third set, it seemed Kokkinakis was on the brink of defeat. But the 26-year-old rallied for an emotional victory to the delight of the fans.It will not get easier in the second round when Kokkinakis plays top seed Andrey Rublev, the No. 6 player in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings."It's going to be tough. He hits the [heck] out of the ball. I practised with him two days ago and it's not easy. We played well, it was a good set. But it's tricky. He's a hell of a player," Kokkinakis said. "It's not going to be easy, but I'm going to take my game and get after it. It's going to be a tough match."American Mackenzie McDonald let slip a two-set advantage against Daniel Evans three years ago at the Australian Open. McDonald earned a measure of revenge on Monday when he ousted the Briton 7-5, 7-5.Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic also reached the second round with a 6-4, 7-5 triumph over Briton Kyle Edmund.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Tennis :Adelaide International 2:: Kokkinakis starts new season with a win

Adelaide, Jan 10 One year after lifting his first ATP Tour trophy in Adelaide, Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis made ... ...